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  • Eyewitness report: Washington U students sit in for justice

    Eyewitness report: Washington U students sit in for justice

    April 22, 2005

    ST. LOUIS — I am one of roughly a dozen students at Washington University who walked into the admissions office of our school April 4 carrying food, commitment, clothes, books, nerves and a passion for economic...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    April 22, 2005

    BILLINGS, Mont.: Legislature condemns Patriot Act Montanans may have voted for Bush, but the Legislature here doesn’t like his administration’s USA Patriot Act, the 2001 federal law many see as an attack on the Bill of...

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  • Border bigots get cool reception

    Border bigots get cool reception

    April 22, 2005

    Commentary TUCSON, Ariz. — The Statue of Liberty made a quick trip to Tombstone, Ariz., on April 1, welcoming all new immigrants coming to America in search of jobs and freedom. She also came to have...

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  • NAACP launches SOS: Save our Social Security

    NAACP launches SOS: Save our Social Security

    April 22, 2005

    When the hawk advises the chicken that its eggs are better off in the hawk’s nest, it makes sense to be suspicious. Perhaps with that proverb in mind, NAACP chairman Julian Bond and other African American...

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  • L.A. mayors race could make history

    L.A. mayors race could make history

    April 22, 2005

    News Analysis LOS ANGELES — With less than a month to go before the May 17 vote in the heated mayoral runoff here, there are strong signs that City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa could become the city’s...

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